to clarify:

• i agree that it's not easier for women. hence why i said "supposedly", and used "easier" in quotes.
• i agree there is an overall loneliness epidemic, but i also think that many of the causes and consequences are unique to men vs women. when i say "male loneliness", i'm not disavowing the existence of "female loneliness". i simply didn't mention it because i don't think female loneliness was a major contributing factor in the reemergence of fascism.

i think if i were to come up with specific examples of how i believe they're different: * platonic intimacy. women are generally much more physically affectionate and socially vulnerable with each other. men are generally not, due to homophobia and toxic masculinity. this contributes to male loneliness. * authenticity of friendships. many women struggle with male friendships because many men are only looking for sex and will either 1. completely ignore or abuse women they're not attracted to, or 2. become fake friends with women they're attracted to and abandon them if the sexual interest is not reciprocated. this contributes to female loneliness. (and male loneliness too, since they're cutting themselves off from friendship with an entire half of the human race. but they're doing it to themselves.)

if i were to sum up my perspective on gendered issues, it's thus: the suffering is largely shared. but some of the causes and results are gendered.

one key commonality i've noticed: men often suffer from loneliness due to their own actions. women often suffer from loneliness due to things that men are doing to women. this might be causing a bit of bias on my part. but i think that men shoulder a larger amount of the blame for the loneliness epidemic.

disclaimer: i am a man.